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Hezbollah chief hails Assad win in Syria election

The Associated Press

Updated:
06/06/2014 12:48:33 PM EDT

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This photo provided by the anti-government activist group Aleppo Media Center (AMC), which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows smoke rising from a damaged building which was attacked by a government airstrike, in Aleppo, Syria, Tuesday June 3, 2014. Waving photos of their leader and dancing with flags, tens of thousands of Syrians pledged renewed allegiance to President Bashar Assad as they voted Tuesday across government-controlled parts of the country in a presidential election decried by the opposition as a charade. (AP Photo/Aleppo Media Center, AMC)

BEIRUT (AP) — The chief of the Lebanese militant Hezbollah group has hailed Bashar Assad's victory in Syria's presidential election this week, saying the "massive" turnout shows the war and the West's conspiracy against Syria have failed.